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RNS Number : 1285D
JPMorgan Securities Plc
24 April 2017
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-
SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Tesco PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
Booker Group Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
21 April 2017
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes
Booker Group Plc
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
Ordinary Shares
Purchases
Sales
9,894,152
8,547,792
1.8500
1.7470
1.7360
1.7360
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
Ordinary Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short
9,417
116,912
685
310,979
37,936
35,843
9,593
13,810
8,130
48,640
3,272
138,036
57,994
9,909
51,486
30,597
76,070
3,142
1,346
3,512
9,884
122
3,372
1,046,430
8,244
67,707
1,888
61,887
10,287
189
3,062
4,988
46,135
51,486
60
4,860
5,338
13,784
295,402
13,364
1.7379 GBP
1.7380 GBP
1.7380 GBP
1.7390 GBP
1.7392 GBP
1.7393 GBP
1.7394 GBP
1.7397 GBP
1.7400 GBP
1.7404 GBP
1.7405 GBP
1.7406 GBP
1.7413 GBP
1.7429 GBP
2.2298 USD
1.7380 GBP
1.7381 GBP
1.7381 GBP
1.7387 GBP
1.7393 GBP
1.7395 GBP
1.7395 GBP
1.7401 GBP
1.7404 GBP
1.7406 GBP
1.7406 GBP
1.7406 GBP
1.7408 GBP
1.7409 GBP
1.7409 GBP
1.7413 GBP
1.7418 GBP
1.7419 GBP
1.7420 GBP
1.7420 GBP
1.7422 GBP
1.7422 GBP
1.7424 GBP
1.7437 GBP
1.7460 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit (GBP)
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
(GBP) 
Ordinary Shares
Put Option
Purchase
150,000
1.8500
American
21 Apr 17
1.8500
 
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(GBP)
Ordinary Shares




(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP)



(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure:
24 April 2017
Contact name:
Tung Le
Telephone number:
020 7742 7272
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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